My Top Three This Week
Greetings to all my semi-constant readers. October is upon us and many of us are venturing outside to enjoy the last days of sun and good weather but the days are getting shorter and things are opening up just a little more but most of us are still spending many hours flipping through streaming platforms looking for something to watch. I just finished season 2 of In the Dark and if you haven't watched it check it out. But I am saving some favorites to share with you now.
1) Ratched on Netflix is an explosion of color and sound and is a sensory overload in the best possible way. Ryan Murphy has created a new thriller series from the origin story of Nurse Mildred Ratched from the acclaimed movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The setting is 1947 Northern California coast with all of its sweeping panoramic views.His favorite leading lady Sarah Paulson is Ratched in the best sense of the word. She connives her way into Lucia State Psychiatric Hospital under the tortured brilliant Dr Hanover played by Jon Jon Briones, promoting herself to head nurse. She knocks all obstacles out of her way with glee including current head Nurse Bucket (Judy Davis - fantastic).She has a reason to be here which will soon become apparent as you watch but no spoilers here. The vivid wardrobe and quotable one liners make this binge perfect. Cynthia Nixon is incredible as a career woman who falls madly in love with Mildred in some heartbreaking scenes. Finn Wittrock has a key role opening the series in a murderous spree and and continues his reign throughout the show.But the scene stealer is Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood who's mini-me monkey matches every dress she wears . More Sharon Stone please .... she needs her own show.
2) Filthy Rich streaming on Hulu is the nighttime soap opera we might have been waiting for . Starring Kim Cattrell and Gerald McRaney as Margaret and Eugene Monreaux, a husband and wife powerhouse duo who run a very successful religious empire network. They appear to have the perfect life with two perfect children. But when Eugene is involved in a deadly plane crash and is determined missing Margaret finds she has been living a lie. She discovers that Eugene fathered 3 children outside of his marriage- a drug dealer, a porn website owner and an inscrutable young man. Margaret brings them all to her home to try to make a deal with an NDA to keep them quiet. Her money may not be enough to sway them and a battle for money ensues. Wealth, scandal and drama are the key elements of any soapy story. This is just fun watching.
3) Woke a Hulu Original is a heartfelt series set in San Francisco about an African American cartoonist named Keef Knight (the incredibly talented Lamorne Morris) . When an unexpected event changes his whole life trajectory , he becomes "Woke" much to the dismay of his publicist and fan base. But people are listening and what may have seemed like end to a career after a public meltdown may have just become a tool to shape people's lives. Morris is so engaging as Keef that I want to see a second season of this series. The cast is great with Blake Anderson and T. Murph as his best friends but I have to give a shout out to the hilarious J. B Smoove as Marker.
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